LEERING Jimmy Savile poses with two young girls on a cruise liner – before he was locked in his cabin then booted off the ship over claims he assaulted a 14-year-old.

The drama happened in July 1978 while Savile was a VIP guest on the luxury liner SS Canberra.

Two passengers on the P&O fleet flagship told one of the officers about Savile’s inappropriate behaviour with their daughter.

After listening to the distraught couple, the captain summoned the DJ and grilled him.

The skipper, who has asked not to be named, said: “The more I quizzed him, the more convinced I became that he was lying.

“He was a shifty sort of chap whose eyes darted all over the place.

“The parents, who were not travelling first class, were very decent, ordinary people who were completely scandalised by Savile’s unwanted attention to their daughter. I told him he disgusted me and I wanted him off my ship when we reached Gibraltar.

“I detailed an officer to make sure he remained in his cabin until we reached the Rock.

“He was to take all his meals in his cabin and was not allowed to leave it under any circumstances short of shipwreck.”

Savile always travelled first class for free on cruises around the world.

He would boast to fellow passengers that he was so famous the QE2 couldn’t sail without him.

He refused to dress for dinner and always wore his multi-coloured polyester shellsuits.

He would often be seen smoking one of his eight-inch Havana cigars after dinner while sitting in a throne-like seat in a corridor.